"0"^^ . "4"^^ . "My friend and I decided to visit Far Niente for a Winterlicious lunch as it was located on the PATH (and considering the weather, was a definite plus!) and their menu looked delicious.\n\nWe were greeted promptly and were seated in a quieter section of the restaurant, which I was thrilled about. We ordered sparkling water (Eska) and the waiter dropped off a basket of freshly baked bread and deliciously salted butter. \n\nWe ordered the fish cake and beet & squash salad for our appetizers, the snapper and steak frites for our mains, and the brownie and pear tartlette for our desserts.\n\nMy friend seemed very happy with her fish cake, and I was quite happy with my salad (the blue cheese dressing wasn't too overpowering.) I loved my steak frites - the steak was cooked perfectly to medium rare. The accompaniments were also enjoyable. My friend enjoyed her snapper, which came with Israeli couscous, and was full by the end.\n\nThe dessert was the only slightly miss of the meal. My friend found her brownie to be a little too dense and \"fudge-y\" (her words!), but loved the coffee-flavoured mousse. The crust on my tartlette felt a bit too dry and crumbled too easily. I also wasn't overly fond of the blue cheese mousse on the top. The idea made sense, but execution wasn't the greatest.\n\nOur server was really nice and very attentive. We would be back for sure."^^ . . . . "0"^^ . "2014-02-05T00:00:00"^^ . "0"^^ .